A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 25, 2021, upheld the City of Los Angeles' current residential eviction moratorium – first enacted by the City Council in 2020 as an emergency...more
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There is an interplay between local efforts such as the new City of Los Angeles residential eviction moratorium ordinance (see Part 1 of this Breaking Ground Blog series, "City of L.A.'s New Ordinance Foretells More Trouble...more
The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance on May 6, 2020, that dramatically expands the City's eviction moratorium in unprecedented ways. Several weeks ago, the City had instituted prohibitions on evictions of both...more